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1
What is the best way to maintain consistency over the colours in your project?
Create a colour palette for each element
Use as few colours as possible
2
How many pins does the standard animation peg bar have?
2
1
4
3
3
What person deals with rendering as well as software issues?
Line Producer
Technical Director
Casting Director
4
The first visual representation of the script is called what?
Character Design
Storyboard
Animatic
5
The human brain is capable of processing a minimum of how many drawings per second?
30
12
6
6
which production must be completed before animators can begin their work?
Compositing
Layout
Colour Styling
7
What is a group of scenes in the same location and around the same event called?
Frame
Act
Sequence
8
WHAT production step is included in traditional, paperless workflows, but not in cutout work?
Scan
Ink and Paint
Layout
9
The first animation was achieved using what object?
Optical toys
The film camera
The pegbar
10
What was name of technique, invented in the late 1950's, that replaced the hand inking of cels?
Xerox Process
Super-Inking
Scanning
11
studios with limited resources, which artists can also complete the layout and posing duties
Storyboard Artist and Animator
Animator and Colour Stylist
Compositor and Ink and Paint Artist
12
What's a good technique for planning on how to animate the action of your character?
Act it out yourself
Copy the action from a classic animation film
Just animate, there is no need to plan the action
13
What is the correct relationship betwen the laws of physics and animation timing?
Animation timin should be opposite to laws of physics
Animation about exaggeration, laws of physics can be ignored
Even exaggerated action must follow the laws of physics
14
What element does the multiplane camera add to a project?
Pose-to-Pose Animation
Timing
Depth
15
For what additional purpose was the peg bar traditionally used?
As a way to stabilize the drawing table
To remove from animation disc and use as a measuring device
Move layers under the camera
16
What is the word pixel short for?
Picture Element
Pixelation
Pixie Dust
17
If a character is in a pose that expresses sadness, how would you exaggerate that action?
Make sure the character's hair is a dark colour
Have the character push his chest out
Lean the character down more
18
WhatS it called when something connected to a character lags behind as character moves forward
Anticipation
Drag
Squash
19
What does the Alpha value refer to?
Transparency
Heat
Hue
20
Which artist assembles the characters so that they can be animated?
Compositor
Scene Setup Artist
Rigging Artist
21
The step of creating an animatic is recommended but not always necessary
TRUE
FALSE
22
using the PosetoPose animation technique, what is the correct order to create your drawings?
Key poses, breakdown poses, inbetween poses
Breakdown poses, key poses, inbetween poses
Key poses, inbetween poses, breakdown poses
23
What is another name for the skeleton of a physical, puppet or claymation figure?
Rig
Armature
Backbone
24
What are done to the video and audio elements of a project during post-production
Character Design
Storyboard
Editing
25
Traditional, paperless, and cut-out animation styles can all be combined in one project
FALSE
TRUE
26
Why would you want to be sure your character is drawn solidly?
To make sure your timing is correct
It will help you create better anticipation poses
So it doesn't become off-model
27
What is persistence of vision?
Keep your eyes focused on one point
Continuously focusing on the same spot
The eyes ability to fillin movement from 1 image to the next
28
For what purpose was the traditional exposure sheet invented?
As a tool for the animator to draw their animation frames
animator to communicate, animation timing to camera person
29
Which technique is used to trace from live action reference?
Limited Animation
Inbetweening
Rotoscoping
30
WhAT apply recorded actions of an actor, and then applyin the info onto a 2D /3D character?
Motion Capture
Straight Ahead Animation
Paperless Animation
31
When a ball is bouncing upwards, should it be speeding up or slowing down?
Speeding Up
Slowing Down
Neither
32
Which of optical toys is most similar to the traditional paper animation production technique?
Praxinoscope
Thaumatrope
Flip Book
33
What happen when you have a background and a character that are moving at different frame rates
The character has an extra-cartoony feel
A sliding or jerking motion
A nice overlapping movement effect
34
Who is considered the first animator to have created personality animation?
Ub Iwerks
Walt Disney
Winsor McCay
35
Why do you need a Reference folder?
To store file history logs
gather images from which you get ideas and inspiration
To store staff resumes
36
Which invention allowed the creation of a depth of perspective?
Multiplane Camera
Synchronized Sound
Pegbar
37
Which optical toy uses only two images to create the illusion of animation?
Zoetrope
Thaumatrope
Praxinoscope
38
What is the size of the new HD TV standard format in pixels?
1920 x 1080
4:3
720 x 480
39
In traditional cel animation lines and colour were painted on same side of the celluloid sheet
TRUE
FALSE
40
What defines the change from one scene to another?
Camera cut
What defines the change from one scene to another?
When the character stops moving
41
As you squash and stretch an object in animation, what is important to also do?
Stretch much more than you stretch the object
Squash much more than you stretch the object
Keep the volume of the object consistent
42
How does the cut-out animation technique save production time?
The production is spread out over multiple studio
Inbetween positions are created by the software
The key (main) poses are created by the software
43
A character snapping his fingers while he is doing the main action of walking is called what?
Secondary Action
Follow-Through
Anticipation
44
In what country was the silhouette cut-out animation technique invented?
India
Germany
Ireland
45
For a cut-out style production, it is important that the storyboard is on model
FALSE
TRUE
46
What is the main purpose of having an anticipation action before a main action?
To make it clear to audience that character about to perform
To create more squash and stretch
To make the character's action look more cartoony
47
Which person assembles all of the elements and creates the camera moves?
Animator
Compositor
Storyboard Artist
48
Adding Follow-Through to your animation helps you to avoid what?
Mechanical looking action
Incorrect timing
Having too much Squash and Stretch
49
What is the final phase of animation production pipeline called?
Storyboarding
Post-Production
Compositing
50
The motion of living things usually progresses in straight lines
FALSE
TRUE
51
What is the main difference between Full Animation and Limited Animation
Full Animation is more fluid and realistic
Full Animation has very few details in the characters
Limited Animation is more fluid and realistic
52
Which is the correct animation style?
Fluid, smooth animation
Bouncy, cartoony animation
There is no correct animation style
53
The shape of a section of a vector line can be modified using what?
Pencil Editor
Vector Handle
Bezier Handle
54
Which step is common to all three workflow techniques?
Scan
Exposure Sheet
Compositing
55
It is not possible to create 2D animation using only computers
FALSE
TRUE
56
In what year and at what studio was the multiplane camera invented?
1961, Hanna Barbera Productions
1933, Walt Disney Company
1943, Warner Brothers Animation
57
What is the advantage of using the Straight Ahead animation technique?
gives more control over the result than using the PosetoPose
The resulting animation looks more spontaneous
It helps you to get more anticipation into your animation
58
What does the storyboard artist use as a reference to do their work?
Background Layout
Animatic
Script
59
Which view is used to see and understand the timing and to get an overview of the whole scene?
XSheet View
Camera View
Timeline View
60
Where would you store files for custom brush tips?
Library
Textures
Models
Reference
61
What is a major benefit of animating with the paperless technique
Instant line test
You don't have to draw every frame
software tells you when your animation timin is incorrect
62
what other advantage does the Node System offer over the Timeline?
It allows advanced connections and parentin between scene
The colours are easy on the eye
The elements of your scene are not represented on timeline
63
What is name of the node in a node system that puts together all the elements in that network?
Composite Node
Final Node
Element Node
64
What is the function of a Second Unit?
To animate secondary characters
To record audio assets for the production
Perform animation production duties on a subcontracted basis
